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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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